God-Talk Controversies
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 17th, 2008 at 12:48 pmThis weekend, while I was away from the blogosphere–on a much needed break–Culture 11’s Joe Carter basically called Barack Obama a fake Christian (based largely…
Posts Tagged ‘history’
Putting Same-Sex Marriage in Historical Perspective
By Kay Steiger - Oct 31st, 2008 at 3:50 pmAs voters in California consider a ballot initiative that would define marriage as between one man and one woman, I would advise everyone to read…
The Spanish Inquisition and the War on Terror
By Emily Rutherford - Oct 22nd, 2008 at 6:03 pmCritics of the Bush administration have compared our current president to Hitler, Stalin, and just about every other dictator, but perhaps a look at the…
The Only Constant is Change
By Jesse Singal - Oct 22nd, 2008 at 12:03 pmI, like Jamelle, was largely unconvinced by Jon Meachem’s piece arguing that the United States is fundamentally a center-right country and will remain so.
There…
Not Quite Center-right
By Jamelle Bouie - Oct 22nd, 2008 at 10:44 amNewsweek’s cover story this week is a 3,000-plus word essay by Jon Meacham explaining that the United States is a fundamentally center-right country, and as…
We’ve Been Here Before
By Jesse Singal - Sep 25th, 2008 at 11:48 amYesterday, Eric Rauchway lent the debate debate some historical perspective:
Today is September 24. On this day in 1864, Abraham Lincoln presided over a country…
Are Two Senators Better than One?
By Jessica Hillyard - Aug 25th, 2008 at 10:45 amAt long last, the 2008 Democratic ticket has been rounded out with Barack Obama’s selection of fellow senator Joe Biden to be his vice presidential…
An Intriguing Religious Find
By Jesse Singal - Jul 6th, 2008 at 11:21 amFrom yesterday’s New York Times:
A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of…
